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Monday, November 19, 2012

Arlington Board OKs Spending Cuts, Tax Hikes to Close $50M Budget Gap

Board divided on best way to fund affordable housing commitment.

The Arlington County Board this weekend authorized a mixture to spending cuts and tax increases to close a projected budget gap of up to $50 million for the local government and school system next year. It's the beginning of a long budget process, one that showed elected officials might already be divided on how to best realize the county's commitment to preserving affordable housing. Board members approved their budget guidance to County Manager Barbara Donnellan on Saturday with a 3-2 vote. Vice Chairman Walter Tejada and board member Chris Zimmerman voted against the direction after failing to push through stronger commitments to preserving affordable housing. Chairwoman Mary Hynes said she wouldn't rule out additional investments in …

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10:07 am on Friday, November 30, 2012

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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Arlington County: New Development Paves Way for Post-BRAC Crystal City

Board approved a new 24-story office building on Saturday.

The Arlington County Board on Saturday approved a new 24-story office building for Crystal City that's designed to help the area survive and thrive following the exodus of government agencies under BRAC. Following the actions of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, several government agencies have left Crystal City, and still more are slated to leave in upcoming years. Arlington County adopted the 40-year Crystal City Sector Plan in 2010 in response to this, and Saturday's action was the first step toward realizing that plan. "We are beginning to see the community’s vision for a more vibrant, walkable and transit-oriented Crystal City take shape," Arlington County Board Chairwoman Mary Hynes said in a statement. The board on …

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Board Approves Apartment Building Across from Ballston Common Mall

The Crimson on Glebe will replace existing Goodyear building.

The Arlington County Board on Saturday unanimously approved plans to develop a six-story apartment building across the street from Ballston Common Mall. The Crimson on Glebe will replace the existing Goodyear building and an adjacent single-family home at the corner of North Glebe and North Carlin Springs roads. The building, at 650 N. Glebe Road, will be within walking distance to the Ballston Metro Station. The 139,000-square-foot structure will include 163 apartments and 2,200 square feet of ground-level retail space. Like most major projects in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, the county was able to leverage significant contributions from the developer for its Affordable Housing Investment Fund ($480,000), public art ($75,000) and …

julie

10:59 am on Sunday, May 20, 2012

Is the County's affordable housing program even legal? In effect it's banning low-income minorities from entire neighborhoods and concentrating them in other neighborhoods.   more ›

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Board OKs Loaning $6M to Build New Affordable Housing on Columbia Pike

Project would add 83 units contractually obligated to remain 'affordable' for 60 years.

The Arlington County Board on Saturday unanimously approved loaning up to $6 million to a nonprofit developer to purchase land and build an 83-unit affordable housing apartment complex on Columbia Pike. Arlington-based AHC Inc.'s proposed development will be at 5511 Columbia Pike in the Columbia Heights West neighborhood. It will replace a gas station, undeveloped land and part of the parking lot at Harvey Hall -- another affordable housing apartment building owned and managed by AHC Inc. The planned six-story building will feature a central courtyard, 6,728-square-feet of ground-floor retail space and an underground parking garage, according to an Arlington County news release. The county will offer up to $6 million in the form of two 30-…

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Jason Spencer

2:43 pm on Sunday, March 11, 2012

There's a good story or three, I think, in exploring what "affordable" really means -- on paper and in reality.   more ›

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